WILSON, NC (AP) — Wilson County animal enforcement officers have a new tool in their toolbox. Wilson County Animal Services Center manager Sgt. Rodney Harper and adoption coordinator Alyssa Whitney just became certified veterinary assistants after completing a five-month program at Nash Community College. “Sending them was a good route to be able to evaluate the program and to bring …
Dr. Jane
November 20, 2021
A Rossville, Georgia woman, whose service dog disappeared from her farm in July, is still searching for the animal that was trained to save her life. Laurie Klusner said Bear went missing after visiting a house nurse. The nurse was only at her home for a short time, said Klusner, and asked if she could put the dog outside during …
Dr. Jane
October 14, 2021
A black lab named Lila is on a new breed of “Paw Patrol” in the US Capitol. Lila was trained as a guide dog in California, but her predilection for hunting squirrels made her better suited to brightening people’s days. The 3-year-old dog was very busy after the January 6 uprising. More than 150 Capitol Police Officers and DC Metropolitan …
Dr. Jane
September 4, 2021
On Monday, August 16, the Tierschutzbund SA tracked down and confiscated two dogs that were responsible for the death of several cats in Manenberg. Two animal behaviorists confirmed that the two dogs were trained to attack on command. They were also confident that both dogs could be rehabilitated. “Because of this optimistic outlook, we’ve spent a lot of time changing …
WESTOVER, Md.- The Eastern Shore Correctional Institute is paving the way for other prisons as we have been told they will be the first K-9 correction unit in America that they know will train dogs to find alcohol. “Alcohol has likely been produced in prisons since the beginning of the prisons, but it has skyrocketed recently, likely due to the …
Mental health and the need for a service dog led Claire McCullar to a passion for dog training. Claire and Melissa McCullar devote their time at the K9 Elite Academy in Mulberry to training service dogs for a variety of needs. Claire was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and attention deficit disorder at a young age. Her mother Melissa …
Sniffer dogs trained to sniff out the SARS-CoV-2 virus could help track down infected people at airports, sporting events or other large crowds, reports Reuters. British scientists said the dogs were trained to smell socks worn by people with the virus. COVID-trained dogs could test hundreds of people and identify those infected with 94.3% accuracy. “Dogs could be a great …
Reuters UPDATE 1-Pfizer for shipping coronavirus vaccine to Canada Pfizer Inc will begin supplying Canada with the COVID-19 vaccine made at its U.S. facility next week, a senior official said Friday. This makes Pfizer Inc the second country to receive cans from the Kalamazoo, Michigan facility. Reuters reported Thursday that Pfizer had started shipping factory-made cans to Mexico. This marked …
